Challengermode Becomes Official Platform Partner for the BLAST.tv CS:GO Paris Major Qualifiers in Europe and Oceania.
The partnership will enable any team in Europe or Oceania to qualify for the BLAST.tv Paris Major taking place later this year in May.
The partnership makes Challengermode the exclusive platform partner for the BLAST.tv Paris Major qualifiers in Europe and Oceania.
Stockholm 31 January 2023: Global esports platform Challengermode has announced that it will be the official platform for the European and Oceanic qualifying process for the BLAST.tv Paris Major in CS:GO. The partnership will introduce open & closed qualification tournaments in February hosted on the Challengermode platform.
In an exclusive launch event from the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris in January, BLAST unveiled plans for the CS:GO Major taking place in Paris, France in May this year. Announced alongside the $1,250,000 prize pool were the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) qualifiers for Europe, Asia and Americas, of which Online Challengermode Qualifiers will be hosted for Europe and Oceania.
This partnership builds on an existing relationship between the two companies where BLAST has been using Challengermode’s automated tournament technology to actualize large scale qualifiers for global events where competition is otherwise reserved for the top percentile of players. In 2021, Challengermode partnered with BLAST to host the North American and Nordic Qualifiers for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown.
To ensure competitive integrity is upheld, a suite of anti-cheat technology will run on the client and server side during the qualifiers. Powered by Akros, the hybrid anti-cheat system uses heuristic and signature based detection schemes to identify both known and unknown cheats by scanning for anomalous objects in memory and on the file system. Akros currently supports VAC protected Steam games and is a customary Anti-Cheat measure taken by Challengermode on all its CS:GO competitions.
Taking place from February 13-19, any CS:GO team in Europe or Oceania can sign up and compete on the Challengermode platform to qualify for one of the largest competitions in the game, a Counter-Strike Major event.
Teams in Europe or Oceania can find Open Qualifier Tournaments on Challengermode at: https://www.challengermode.com/s/BLASTMajor
Philip Hubner, CBDO at Challengermode, said: “It’s an honor to be a part of such a milestone event for CS:GO, and an even greater honor to give thousands of aspiring players a chance to play and qualify for an event of this scale.”
Andrew Haworth, Commissioner for BLAST Premier, said: “Challengermode are a tried and trusted partner for BLAST and we are delighted to have their expert support in delivering the Qualifiers for Europe and Oceania - which will both provide a key pathway for all aspiring teams in their efforts to reach Counter-Strike’s most iconic event.”
For more information please contact: press@challengermode.com
About Challengermode:
Challengermode is a Swedish technology company founded in 2014, with the mission to make competitive gaming and esports truly accessible. Through its platform, Challengermode provides the tools for game developers & publishers to deliver fully automated tournaments, ladders or leaderboards to their community. Today, Challengermode’s best-in-class tech is used by all esports stakeholders - including communities, content creators, brands, and professional tournament organizers - to host tens of millions of competitions every year for gamers at all skill-levels, on any device or platform.
About BLAST:
We’re on a mission to take esports to the next level of global entertainment. We excite and invite billions of fans to join the esports revolution. We create live and digital experiences - from tournaments that pack out major arenas around the world to great content that’s guaranteed to blow your socks off. We work with some of the world’s best game publishers and brands to elevate their properties into amazing esports experiences - having delivered tournaments, content and shows in a variety of games, including: CS:GO, Rainbow Six Siege, DOTA 2, VALORANT, Apex Legends, FIFA 2022 and Fortnite.
BLAST Premier is a worldwide Counter-Strike tournament series where the best teams and biggest superstars fight it out for glory and a multi-million dollar prize pool. Famous for its unparalleled production quality and game-changing fan-first moments. Attracting tens-of-thousands of fans to our crazy-big-adrenaline-pumped live events in big arenas from London and Copenhagen to Miami and Sao Paulo, with millions more watching at home on our broadcast tuning in from more than 150 territories and in 25 different languages.
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